National Affairs: Reactions

The question raised by the Paris Plana question which the U.S. must
now answerwas this: can, or will, the U.S. get Western Europe to
organize itself? Russia was obviously banking on the chance that the
U.S. could not or would not. Then chaos would come to Europe, and chaos
is Russia's dish.

From a Union of Beggars? Washington studied the report seriously but
without enthusiasm. Top level policymakers appreciated the sweat and
good intentions which had gone into it, but in many respects they
considered it discouragingly unsatisfactory.